
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 18, 1991                   TAG: 9104180303
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-11   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: BOSTON                                LENGTH: Short

STUDY: BLOOD PROTEIN CLUE TO HEART-ATTACK RISK

Doctors can accurately determine which people with mild high blood pressure face serious risk of heart attacks by measuring a key blood protein, researchers said.

The researchers recommended that measuring the substance should become part of routine care for everyone with high blood pressure because those at risk could be truly targeted for treatment.

The researchers found that those with high levels of renin are five times more likely than people with low levels to suffer heart attacks. - Associated Press

by CNB